How To Install texlive-ptext on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ptext on CentOS 8.
What is texlive-ptext
The package provides lipsum-like facilities for the Persian language. The source of the filling text is the Persian epic “the Shanameh” (100 paragraphs are used.)
We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-ptext on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-ptext.
Install texlive-ptext on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install texlive-ptext using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install texlive-ptext
Install texlive-ptext on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install texlive-ptext using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install texlive-ptext
How To Uninstall texlive-ptext on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the texlive-ptext package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove texlive-ptext
texlive-ptext Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ptext
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-ptext/lppl1.2.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/ptext
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/ptext/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/ptext/ptext.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/ptext/ptext.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/ptext
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/ptext/ptext.sty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-ptext on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.